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How does the size of company you work at impact your ability to develop as a product manager?

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  1. Lexi Lowe
    Lexi Lowe

    Hex Head of Product | Formerly Fivetran • 3y

    Based on my experience working at both smaller startups (25-50 people) and larger companies (1000+) as a product manager, there is merit to both. I really appreciated starting my product career at a larger company because there were established processes / best practices and resources like design and dedicated engineering teams and other practitioners to learn from. This allowed for me to understand the mindset and process of doing product at scale which I then took with me when I moved into wor ...Read More

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  2. Matt Landry
    Matt Landry

    Infoblox SVP Product Management, Networking • 1mo

    The impact that a product manager has depends much more on the type of product team and its role in the company than on the company's size. Even for a limited aspect of a product, the PM has an opportunity for tremendous impact when they have responsibility for the full lifecycle and access to the end customer or user. They will be able to generate real insights, solve real problems, and deliver real value. That said, the type of development you get does vary by company size. At a small company ...Read More

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